I find the comments section here to be about 60/40 men who believe it to be a problem, and men who are denying there are problems or minimizing/excusing them, which matches my experience w men in workplaces. Long looong way to go.
I am a man and I haven’t seen anything like this in my workplace but I can say I have been sexual harassed by several women at two of my old jobs. So statistically, if men are less likely to be targeted then it must be happening. So even though I haven’t seen it outside my own experience, it’s scary to think how much of it is likely happening behind the scenes. I say this as a father of two daughters and husband to a woman who was physically assaulted by her former boss.
I’m sorry that’s happened to you, and I think that’s a good perspective. It’s sometimes hard to grapple with something that one doesn’t personally experience, but I’m glad people are slowly becoming more aware.
I would hope that there are a majority of men who do think it is a problem but for whatever reason are silent on the issue. Case in point, I was not going to comment.